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Intentionally false news stories were shared more than 35m times during the 2016 US presidential election, with Facebook playing a significant role in their spread. Shortly after, the Cambridge Analytica scandal revealed that 50m Facebook profiles had been harvested without authorisation and used to target political ads and fake news for the election and later

The driver of a school bus has been arrested in northern Italy after allegedly hijacking the vehicle with 51 children on board and setting it on fire. The children, some of them tied up, were rescued by police through smashed windows before flames destroyed the vehicle and no-one was seriously injured. After police arrived, the driver allegedly doused

New Zealand will ban military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles under tough new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in the country’s worst mass shooting, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday. In the immediate aftermath of Friday’s shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, Ms Ardern labelled the attack as terrorism and said New

How to stop your hands looking older than your face: From masks to sun protection, FEMAIL reveals how to avoid signs of ageing In the past month alone five new hand creams have been launched in the UK Thea Green, founder of Nails Inc says the key to young hands is to moisturise Femail reveals

5.48pm EDT 17:48 My colleagues Rowena Mason and Heather Stewart have summed up the current state of despair in the Conservative party, which seems to only have been exacerbated by May’s address tonight. 5.41pm EDT 17:41 The fact that Theresa May has used her speech to point the finger at MPs could massively backfire, pundits

Image copyright CSNA Image caption Connor Young took the picture in the driver’s seat of his car A driver who took a selfie after causing a crash that left a woman seriously injured has been jailed for two years. Connor Young, 21, crashed his car into Barry and Jennifer Fleming’s Audi TT near Falkirk. Young